Sprite won't flip

[Whirz]

    bool isMoving;

    Vector3 characterScale;
    float characterScaleX;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
        isMoving = true;
        
        characterScale = transform.localScale;
        characterScaleX = characterScale.x;
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {

        if (transform.localPosition.x < waypoints[index].position.x && isMoving == true)
        {
            myAnimator.SetBool("Walking", true);

            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position,
            waypoints[index].position,
            moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

        }

        else if (transform.localPosition.x > waypoints[index].position.x && isMoving == true)
        {

            characterScaleX = -characterScaleX;
            myAnimator.SetBool("Walking", true);
            
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position,
            waypoints[index].position,
            moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }

I’m trying to flip my sprite in 2D when moving towards different waypoints. I’ve tried to flip the localScale by adding a minus. I can see during runtime using Debug.log that the scale is constantly flipping between 1 and -1 but in the inspector and visually there’s no change at all.

Any ideas where I’m going wrong?

Thanks

[Nina]

Hi Whirz,

Have you already compared your code to the Lecture Project Changes which can be found in the Resources of this lecture?

Maybe the issue is this line: characterScaleX = -characterScaleX;
If the condition is true, the value constantly “flips”. -(-1) becomes 1, and -(1) becomes 1.